vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7828: firefox-esr Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 17, 2017
Added
Feb 21, 2018
Modified
Dec 4, 2019

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the "PressShell" object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash during these operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57, Firefox ESR < 52.5, and Thunderbird < 52.5.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr
Title
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